Fair points - But would you acknowledge that it is a much larger and more consistent PITA (USB-A & SD cards specifically for me) for many of us?
It just doesn't seem unreasonable to have offered some transition time/ports for the 2016-2018 period of time. USB-C has a long ways to go in terms of penetrating all over.
Or maybe they could have thrown in a nice assortment of dongles perhaps. Maybe that would have been at least some kind of gesture. Or good lord, at least keep the prices lowered how they had them for a while.
Just super frustrating (again- for some of us - not all, I get that)
The fellow above blocked me and actually took the time to send me a PM to tell me that he blocked me. I'm not kidding!
That alone should tell you that we're not dealing with "normal" here and Apple spent millions in market research on this. They didn't just ram USB-C down everyone's throats and they knew perfectly well that they'd get some backlash.
But professionals like me voted YES to ports that could do it all. There was no VALID info suggesting that it was inherently weaker or less stable to use an extra cable or dongle. After all, many of us have been using them for years. The concept is simple: Here are do-anything ports. Now add what YOU need. Adding extra ports that a lot of people don't need is stupid and wasteful.
I use SD and CF cards all the time. I'd like the SD card slot back, but if I'm being HONEST, using the reader doesn't effect me at all. It might effect someone with OCD, but that's not me. Nor does it effect me (again being honest and real) to use HDMI adapters.
Now if I wanted to have a total hissy-fit, I could stamp my feet and carry on about this to no avail. I could post again and again how Apple forced me to lose seconds and even whole minutes every year plugging extra stuff in. That's time wasted where I could be curing cancer, fixing global warming and defining Covfefe for Websters.
By swallowing sacrificing "all" of that, I ended up with the best MacBook Pro I've owned thus far (7 to date). Better screen, better speakers, better keyboard, trackpad....touchbar, SSD and now we even have the superior processor. And you mean all I have to do is buy a few dongles?
Done. This is just common sense and seeing how well the new MBP is selling, a lot of people have that sense.
R
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[QUOTE="turbineseaplane, post: 24682811, member: 172718"Actually, I do have to say that was an issue in my household with my wife. Her older 2013 with a built in HDMI port was 100% flawless with the port to her monitor and she had nothing but issues with the USB-C AV adapter (which has HDMI) on the same screen/cable setup. Waking from sleep became unreliable and was very annoying.
This; In a professional environment it's simply not acceptable. So yes I did make a change, a change of the company providing the notebook, which to date has never failed to connect to an external display source...
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This is the sort of comment that worries me because it's no longer relevant. I don't use my machines in a household for my wife, I need them to work in a professional venue. I also don't make evaluations based on my wife using an ancient laptop.
My 2015 15" MBP had issues with Sony Bavaria displays (including one that I own now) and had issues with some projectors. I carried some adapters and that was often the cure.
My new 2016 15" and 13" have had no issues with ANY display, including the Sony Bavaria, Sony True HD projectors, Samsung 4K, Dell. BTW, the 14 thousand dollar Sony projector would not work with the 2015 MBP via HDMI out AT ALL, but did work via an adapter.
The USB-C ports WORK. They're incredibly versatile.
Yes, you need to LEARN a few things to get the best/most out of them and for that Apple is so sorry. Apple attempted to apologize by handing you a better laptop in almost every way.
Welcome to 2016.
R.
